Case file · Cosmic event
Great Meteor Procession of 1913
On the evening of 9 February 1913 a slow procession of fiery bodies crossed the sky from Saskatchewan over Ontario and out over the Atlantic, watched by thousands.
1913 CE · 43.66, -79.40 · status: explained
The account
University of Toronto astronomer Clarence Chant gathered witness reports and published the classic study. The objects travelled in groups for minutes on a nearly level path, probably a small natural satellite of Earth breaking up as it grazed the atmosphere.